I'm trying to figure out if it's just my group or it really is the entire company. I was forwarded an email from an entry level manager and the PDF attached claims to be company wide, but I didn't see an email from Bryan or anything. Just wondering if anyone else saw the original request. I'm not really setup to do this all the time, and will need to change my whole office to make it practical. Also not super excited about having to dress up and put makeup on every morning for no reason.
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@OP with all the instability going on is this really a concern? Go with the flow - if folks have their cameras on, turn yours on. How else can we interact? To me people who don't have the camera on are not prepared or are busy doing something else. If the meeting isn't important to you have the courage to sit it out. It's a meeting and we are in the people facing business. If most people drive 45 minutes to an office cubicle after spending time to look professional, I can surely take 20 min to prepare the upper 1/5 of my torso and face for a meeting. I don't like virtual meetings either but it's better than being culled into an office if they suspect employees are half listening on their stationary bikes/dog walks.
@g4 I'm @ew who asked HR. They told me to ask my supervisor, and I replied that he was not aware of this and couldn't find it in Workday. I suggested that since I was conversing with the HR helpline after all, couldn't they just provide the document or tell me how to find it?
The reply was to contact my HR Business Partner, with the note: "Because this is a recent matter, a document containing the specific information you requested is not yet available."
I gave my feedback that an "undocumented policy" means there is no policy. No reply since yesterday. Not sure if I care enough to track this down further (and can't HR just contact my Business Partner vs. using that term and making me look whoever that is up?). It originally just set off my BS detector, and is kind of wild it seems to be a thing, even if they can't point to it. I suspect a formal document/announcement is coming.
But at a practical level... are we actually enforcing this? I sure wouldn't.
Is all HIS supposed to be on camera? It wasn't in the contract.
What does the official communication say?
@b3 Did someone hurt you, bro? You seem especially triggered.
@ac Seriously? Since when? My manager just asks us to have cameras on for certain meetings, not ALL of the team and not when we aren't even in a meeting. That just seems overkill. We didn't have Big Brother watching on camera when we were in the office. Why now? I get it for meetings, but not ALL the time. I don't want a camera in my face when I have to blow my nose, for goodness sake.
I submitted an HR ticket yesterday when I read this and just got a response (to my surprise):
"The communication you received is official, and the use of a camera is a requirement. If you would like to review the applicable policy, please contact your supervisor to request a copy. We also encourage you to carefully review the official communication for additional information regarding this requirement with your supervisor."
My supervisor is looking, but not finding it, and when I asked did not think this was a thing. TBD.
@b3 Hey don’t forget mowing the lawn and working out….. No time for calls with camera on…..:)
Yes, there was a memo that came out to managers and up that not only asked to have cameras on during meetings, but to also make sure people were dressing appropriately and that your avatar for Teams shows a picture of yourself and not cartoons or sports teams etc.
As far as being enforced it is really up to the senior director/VP of your org.
Some folks are asking it to be done, while others are just waving it off.
We were told by our manager to be aware of the ask and to maybe be ready to be on camera but no enforcement as of now.
OMG, what a joke of a comment! You are able to "WFH" which many of you are out shopping, and actually NOT working...and then complain that you get a request to have a camera on to ensure you are actually sitting and working that all you entitled people should be doing...AGAIN talk about entitlement
Never heard of this, it's never been a thing, and it is a mixed bag in all meetings I've been in. Seems to be majority rules, sometimes I go in with camera on, most don't turn theirs on, so I turn theirs off as it's awkward.
Ask for a link to the document in Workday or HR. My group's manager has done a similar thing, stating that we all agreed to be on-site a certain number of days per week and that it's written in our employee contracts.
I happened to have asked Solventum for my employee contract a bit before they said this, finding that 3Mers have no new Solventum contract, it's just your 3M one (in my case, from late 2000s), and it certainly does not state anything about minimum days on-site. So, maybe it's true, but it could just be managers making things up.
Our team in HIS was told this was mandatory alignment with corporate policy.
Not us! Jeez, hope this isn't going to be new ridiculous micro-management cr-p. What division are you in?